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Friday, February 16, 2007

News of the Day (February 16)

Communist China moves against U.S. on trade, cyberwarfare, military, and diplomacy tracks: Four aspects of the Communists' geopolitical offensive are examined today - the Communist military buildup (BBC), the regime's hacker brigade (Worldwide Standard), intellectual piracy (BBC), and the cadres' attempt to browbeat Washington into accepting a space-weapons treaty (Worldwide Standard).Would-be kidnap victim speaks: YouranZhao, the student whose attempt to defect to the United States was nearly thwarted when Communist tour guides kidnapped her, tells her story to the Epoch Times.Meanwhile, the Long Arm of Lawlessness now reaches Chicago (Epoch Times).Taiwan's textbooks earn Communist ire: Taiwan's elected government comes under fire for changing the island democracy's historical curriculum to reflect the obvious - that Taiwan is distinct from the Communist mainland (Daily Standard).Communist China demands right to send more workers to Australia as part of free trade deal: The cadres are "pushing Australia to relax its beleaguered guest workers visa program . . . as part of a proposed free trade deal" (AAP via Epoch Times).On Communist espionage: Leading Hong Kong democrat SzetoWah talks to the Epoch Timesabout the case of WangLian.